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PRONUNCIATION OF GEOPHILOUS

geophilous  [dʒiːˈɒfɪləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEOPHILOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geophilous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GEOPHILOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of geophilous in the English dictionary

The definition of geophilous in the dictionary is belonging to the genus Geophila or Geophilus.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEOPHILOUS


acidophilous
ˌæsɪˈdɒfɪləs
acidophilus
ˌæsɪˈdɒfɪləs
ammophilous
æˈmɒfɪləs
anemophilous
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪləs
endophyllous
ɛnˈdɒfɪləs
eosinophilous
ˌiːəʊsɪˈnɒfɪləs
heliophilous
ˌhiːlɪˈɒfɪləs
Herophilus
hɪəˈrɒfɪləs
lithophilous
lɪˈθɒfɪləs
myiophilous
maɪˈɒfɪləs
myophilous
maɪˈɒfɪləs
rhizophilous
raɪzˈɒfɪləs
sclerophyllous
sklɛˈrɒfɪləs
Theophilus
θɪˈɒfɪləs
thermophilous
θɜːˈmɒfɪləs
thermophyllous
θɜːmˈɒfɪləs
tropophilous
trəʊˈpɒfɪləs
xerophilous
zɪˈrɒfɪləs
xiphophyllous
zɪˈfɒfɪləs
zoophilous
zəʊˈɒfɪləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEOPHILOUS

geophagia
geophagism
geophagist
geophagous
geophagy
geophilic
geophone
geophysical
geophysically
geophysicist
geophysics
geophyte
geophytic
geopolitical
geopolitically
geopolitician
geopolitics
geoponic
geoponical
geoponics

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEOPHILOUS

battailous
coprophilous
halophilous
hydrophilous
hygrophilous
limnophilous
malacophilous
myrmecophilous
nitrophilous
nubilous
ornithophilous
perilous
pilous
ridiculous
scurrilous
sibilous
Siege Perilous
symphilous
tendrilous
unperilous
verisimilous

Synonyms and antonyms of geophilous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geophilous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEOPHILOUS

Find out the translation of geophilous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of geophilous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geophilous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

geophilous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geophilous
570 millions of speakers

English

geophilous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geophilous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

geophilous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

geophilous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geophilous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

geophilous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

geophilous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geofilous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geophilous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

geophilous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

geophilous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geophilous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

geophilous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலத்திற்கு அடியில் பழம் உண்டாகிற தாவரம் பற்றிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भौगोलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geophilous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geophilous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geophilous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

geophilous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geophilous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

geophilous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geophilous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geophilous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geophilous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geophilous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOPHILOUS»

The term «geophilous» is used very little and occupies the 159.829 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOPHILOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geophilous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEOPHILOUS»

Discover the use of geophilous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geophilous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Water Civilization: From Yangtze to Khmer Civilizations
Abdomen 1.2 Geophilous Omnivorous N3 Formicidae gen. et sp. indet. Thorax 1.4 Geophilous Omnivorous Sample 3 Scientific name Parts of fossils Size (mm) Ecology Eating habits N1 Dytiscidae gen. et sp. indet. Fragment of elytron 2.2 ...
Yoshinori Yasuda, 2012
2
Contemporary Russian: Contemporary Russian Translation Guide ...
... tolerate, abide территориальной (adjv) - territorial, regional, earthly, geophilous, territory-related территориальному (adjv) - territorial, regional, earthly, geophilous, territory-related теккиторриальными (adjv) - territorial, regional, earthly, ...
L L Downing, 2013
3
Water Plants: A Study of Aquatic Angiosperms
... as representing the ancestral Monocotyledonous stock, would be, as she has pointed out, well adapted for subsequent aquatic life. Many aquatic Dicotyledons are formed more or less upon the geophilous plan, e.g. Nymphaea (Fig. 10, p.
Agnes Arber, Arber, 2010
4
Water Plants
... as representing the ancestral Monocotyledonous stock, would be, as she has pointed out, well adapted for subsequent aquatic life. Many aquatic Dicotyledons are formed more or less upon the geophilous plan, e.g. Nymphaea (Fig. 10, p.
5
Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae)
15A-F. Geophilous shoots in monocotyledons. A-C Cordyline australis. A Seedling base with rhizome bud originating from seedling axis. B Base of an older seedling with well-developed rhizome (the parental seedling axis almost obliterated).
Klaus Kubitzki, H. Huber, 1998
6
History of Insects
Habits predatory (plesiomorphically), omnivorous, or phytophagous; phytophilous, phytogeophilous, geophilous (sometimes digging), occasionally myrmecophilous, nidicolous, inhabiting caves, hollows of trees, space under loose bark, etc.
Natalya V. Belayeva, A.P. Rasnitsyn, Donald L. Quicke, 2002
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Flowering Plants
Henslow's hypothesis has been criticized by Sargant (1903, 1904), who concluded that many of the characteristic features of the monocots may be easier explained as having arisen as a result of adaptation to a geophilous habit.
Armen Takhtajan, 2009
8
A Dictionary of Entomology
GEOPHILOUS. Adj. (Greek,. ge. I. earth. +philein. I to love + Latin, -osus I with property of.) Ground-loving + living on ground. A term applied to Species that live on surface of ground or frequently come into contact with it. See Habitat.
‎2011
9
Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniatae and ...
II GEOPHILOUS SHOOTS With Areschoug 1 we may designate by the term geophz'lous such shoots as produce their' renovation-buds under the surface of the earth. They occur especiallyin regions where vegetative activity is periodically  ...
Karl Eberhard Goebel, 1905
10
Organography of Plants: Special organography
II GEOPHILOUS SHOOTS With Areschoug 1 we may designate by the term gwp/ zz'lau: such shoots as produce their renovation-buds under the surface of the earth. They occur especiallyin regions where vegetative activity is periodically ...
Karl Goebel, 1905

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Geophilous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/geophilous>. May 2024 ».
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